3 He is calling the shooting death ..quote .. "regrettable." That's what the Waycross police chief is saying about the killing last Friday of this man .. Jack Roberson .. by two officers. The man's loved ones say it was unjustified. Channel 4's Tim Pulliam is just back from Waycross where he spoke with Chief Tony Tanner and with Roberson's family. Tim: 3 3 3 The Police chief says Jack Roberson had two threatening objects in his hands but he would not say what they were. The victim's family say they saw the shooting and Police shot and killed him for no reason. 3 00-0506-111:29-1:34Diane Roberson/Jack Roberson's mother 112759 I was here -- and my son was coming from the kitchen. He saw the officer over there. The officer didn't say anything.My son raised his hands like that. The officer took his gun fired-- one, two, three, I heard four shots. My son fell.Nothing in his hands. This is how Diane Roberson describes what happened the Friday evening when her oldest son, Jack was shot by police. The 63 year old says her son's fiance, Alicia called 911 because Roberson was in distress after consuming several pills to treat his diabetes.But instead of EMS showing up to the home -- Ms. Roberson says police arrived with guns drawn.DR 112846 What was being said? Nothing, nothing, nothing. No freeze, no get on your knees. No halt. No I'm going to taze you. Nothing! It was like I was in a silent movie. Nobody said nothing.But today Waycross Police Chief Tony Tanner told reporters, his police officers were responding to an attempted suicide at the home. And even before his officers arrived, they were receiving reports Roberson had become violent.Chief Tony Tanner/Waycross Police 111206 The subject had become combative and damaged items in the home. Mr.Roberson saw the police officers and started towards them aggressively with two items used as weapons.The officer yelled repeatedly for Mr.Roberson to stop and drop the weapons. Mr.Roberson gained ground on the officers and raised one of the weapons in a threatening manner toward the officers.Both officers fired to stop Mr. Roberson from assaulting them. Regretfully, Mr.Roberson died at the scene from his wounds. DR 112304 He was frustrated but he wasn't suicidal he had two daughters and me to live for. He wasn't going to leave me here.111715 They took my son away.He was never combative. We were not allowed to ask the police chief questions. He walked away after reading a statement.Roberson's family is looking into hiring an attorney. 3 Tim, What happens to the officers? And is there anything new on the state investigation? The two officers have been put on administrative leave and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is not commenting on its investigation.

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In his first statement since Friday afternoon''s fatal shooting of a 43-year-old suspect, the Waycross Police Chief Tony Tanner said two officers responding to a report of a suicidal man repeatedly ordered him to drop weapons before they opened fire.

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Tanner said Jack Roberson "regrettably" died at the scene from his injuries.

According to police, the officers were told before arriving that Roberson had become combative and was damaging property. Tanner said the officers entered the home on Reed Street about 4:30 p.m.

"The officers yelled repeatedly for Mr. Roberson to stop and drop the weapons. Mr. Roberson gained ground on the officers and raised one of the weapons in a threatening manner toward the officers. Both officers fired to stop Mr. Roberson from assaulting them," Tanner said.

Tanner did not say the nature of the weapons Roberson was holding and did not take any questions from reporters.

The officers were placed on administrative leave while the shooting is investigated by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

The police account of the events is disputed by Roberson's family, who says Roberson was not suicidal, adding that his fiancee called 911 because he was in distress after swallowing several pills to treat his diabetes.

"I was here -- and my son was coming from the kitchen. He saw the officer over there. The officer didn't say anything. My son raised his hands," Diane Roberson said. "The officer took his gun, fired -- one, two, three. I heard four shots. My son fell. Nothing in his hands."

"They didn't say anything," said Roberson's fiancee Alicia Herron. "They didn't pull their Taser out. They didn't shoot him in the leg, the arm. They went straight for his chest."

The family says it is looking into hiring a lawyer.

This is the second police-involved shooting by Waycross officers in 18 months.

In April 2012, 26-year-old Andrew Poole was shot by officers looking for a murder suspect in a Garlington Heights apartment. Poole was not the suspect.

While that GBI investigation is ongoing, investigators said the officer felt a threat before opening fire.

Poole's family said he was not armed when he was shot.

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